Bagmakers

Ever wondered who makes all these wonderful cultural artefacts? Here's a partial list. For a more complete list (but no addresses), see the highly
entertaining www.vomitorium.co.uk/sickhall.htm.
Please send any updates to me at paul@mamud.com.

Supplies and refurbishes headsets for
inflight entertainment, and also supplies a range of other needful items -
including a colourful range of eyeshades so you can avoid watching the movie
on your neighbour's monitor, socks so you can keep your toes warm, and wipes so
you can clean your baby's bottom in mid-air.

A Hong Kong-based company specializing in
disposable products. Their two barfbag offerings are at the medical end of
the spectrum: a plastic bag with a sturdy circular rim and self-sealing
mechanism, and a paper version with a handy funnel to avoid splatter.

If barfbags don't solve your problem, you may be in need of a lab coat,
disposable underwear, or even a
body bag. Also available from Chinahawk.

Makes 10-packs of handy bags for
parents whose children puke in the car. Order online from their website -
and check a pageful of useful information on how to avoid having to use
their product to (but take some Chuckies along just in case...)

The Cutting
Edge in Food Service Systems. Owners of the star logo found on huge numbers of bags throughout
Europe.
Another slogan is "Food for thought and taste for things to come" --
apt
for
airsickness bags, don't you think?

Latest: In a massive bagmaking merger, Swedish
firm Duni ("We enhance any eating or drinking
occasion") has taken over baglomerate DeSter.ACS.

"Duni’s Travel Division
was created at the beginning of 2000 through the integration of the
three best known names in its market: De Ster, Günter ACS and Duni
Inflight", says the glitzy Duni
website.

"Backed by 40 years’ experience, DeSter.ACS serves more
than 350 airline companies worldwide, as well as other Travel
organisations and suppliers like railway companies, ferries, food
processors and caterers."

I searched the Duni site for the words
"airsickness", "barfbag", "motion
discomfort" and "puke". In vain. Looks like bags are not a
leading product for the airline catering market.

Looks like Duni is keeping the De Ster brandname
and logo so beloved by bag patrons worldwide.

www.desteracs.com/index_3.html
De Ster B.V., Leeuwenveldseweg 16, NL-1382 LX Weesp, The Netherlands
Tel +31-294-460 600,
Fax +31-294-460 666
Click on "Contacts" on their
site to send them an email.

The whole world needs bags. We make them."Bags are booming" says this site. "How your product is packed is
very
important to you - and to us... And because the significance of
packaging in
today's market is greater than ever before, we'd like to be your partner
in
providing the best packaging solutions with our innovative ideas."

I
think
that airsickness bags must fall into their "stand-up pouches"
category:
"possible applications: as refill packaging... for liquids, granules,
powders and pastes ... for aggressive contents".

ELAG's bags are generally flat-based so they can stand up on the floor
and avoid spillage. Make sure you hand them to a member of the cabin crew
before the plane goes into a dive, though.

This German firm specializes in packaging for food before it has entered the
human digestive tract. That its products are also suited to post-ingestion
scenarios is demonstrated by the barfbag it produces for Spanish
airline Lte.es.

Horsleys

"...established
to specialise in supplies to the airline industry... We can now offer a
range of block bottomed airsickness bags to suit your needs. The standard
material is a white kraft paper (60 g.s.m.) laminated to polythene inner
coating (23 g.s.m.)... Bags can be printed in up to 6 colours."

Contact
them also if you need some Veggi-wash ("possibly... the biggest
breakthrough ever in vegetable and fruit cleansing"). Works for
fruit, too!

International Trading Italia 83 Srl

"Our company has always
supplied meal service disposables for inflight and onboard use by Airlines,
Ferry and Cruise companies and Inflight Catering companies. Our team is
constantly endeavouring to guarantee quality, service and above all,
innovation."

ipacksolution

"Located in Jinan City in Shandong Province. Our
company covers an area of 20,000 square meters. We are engaged in the
production of various disposable paper products, such as air sickness bags,
packaging bags for food, paper toilet seat covers..."

The only company I know that puts air sickness bags at
the top of their product line. An impressive list of bag types to choose
from: square bottom, sharp bottom, with or without short clips, transverse
clips and double-stick tape.

World's
leading inflight product provider. "Everyday millions of
passengers are being served with the products we supply.... We offer an
unbeatable range of airline Catering Disposables in plastic and paper.
Items such as Airlaid Paper Napkins, Serviettes, Cutlery Packs, Salt &
Pepper Pots, Cocktail Stirrers, Towelettes, Lunch boxes, Nibbles packs,
Sick Bags, etc. can all be provided to you customised with your colours
and logo."

"Our airsickness bags factory has been
established with strict quality control", says this firm's website.

"Crucial to every flight. With our expertise in airsickness bags, we
continually re-design our airsickness bags in order to provide airlines with
a stylish, but fully functional airsickness bags. All bags have strong
construction guaranteed non-leaking bottom."

Nivagold supplies bags to
Emirates, Thai, Eva, Bangkok Airways and Thai Pacific (there are even
pictures on their website). But the Emirates bags has the wrong web address
on the base (www.nivagold.idz.net). The correct address is:

"QEEZEE from DRP
Medical Services Limited is the NEW convenience product that allows you to
travel with total piece of mind when accompanied by passengers who are prone
to motion sickness.

QEEZEE is more than just an empty bag. Its convenient packaging fits easily in to
a pocket, purse, handbag, or neatly in a glove compartment; so it's
available when you need it whether travelling by car, coach, boat or plane.
After use, its revolutionary chemical coagulator turns the content of the
QEEZEE into a gel, which prevents leakage and minimizes odour or spillage.

The
contents are then sealed with its convenient sealing strip for easy
disposal. The packaging even contains an antibacterial lemon freshening
wipe."

Advanced flexible packaging.
This is a Finnish firm that used to make Estonian Air's bags. "Rosenlew
supplies
all kinds of custom-made flexible intermediate bulk containers for
packing
different materials under different conditions." Photos on this website
feature bulldozers lifting jumbo barfbags.

In response to an enquiry in July 2001, I was told that "Rosenlew
does not manufacture any longer Air sickness bags. The business was sold
in November 2000 to the Swedish Company called Stenqvist."

French bagmaker that delivers two paper bags
inside a third plastic ziplock bag, plus a handy sticker to indicate
the bag contents. Choose between a pregnant woman, cocktail, car, file and
illness. Ah the things it's possible to do with barfbags!

Mom,
I have to throw up!'Have you ever heard these words from the back seat of your car?

If so, the Smart Mom is the perfect solution for you and your family. Smart
Mom Saks are leak proof bags perfect for all the unexpected moments in your
day. The waxed lined sealable bag can be used for leaking juice boxes, car
sick children, dirty diapers, wet toys and clothes, leftover foods and many
more messes. They are even great for pregnant moms who suffer from morning
sickness.

Keep a few Smart Mom Saks in the car,
your diaper bag, purse or briefcase. Pull them out next time you have your
hands full with an unexpected mess. Smart Mom Saks are easy to use. Just
fill, seal and dispose."